January 30, 2019

District Announcements

Members of the pupil personnel services team and secondary health department heads presented about the district's mental health resources and curriculum at the January 10 Board of Education Meeting. This is the slideshow that accompanied their presentation.

The District will honor partial school tax exemptions for qualified individuals, including senior citizens with limited income; persons with disabilities and limited income; volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers; Gold Star parents; and veterans, including cold war veterans. Exemptions apply to the 2018 tax year, and applications for all partial tax exemptions are due to the Nassau County Department of Assessment before the taxable status date of Jan. 2, 2019.

Elementary Assistant Principals and Secondary Science Department Chairs led an interactive presentation about the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) at the December Board of Education Meeting. This is the slide show that accompanied their presentation.

Superintendent Dr. Teresa Prendergast reminds residents that the results of a district-wide security audit will be presented at the Board of Education meeting on November 29, 2018. The Board meeting is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. at Parkville School, located at 10 Campbell St. in New Hyde Park.

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GNPS/TV Current Programs

Programs currently airing on GNPS/TV are the June 2018 graduation ceremonies for North Middle School and South Middle School, and the South High School Opera. These GNPS/TV programs are available on-demand, 24/7, on the GNPS/TV homepage.

GNPS/TV programs can be viewed in the incorporated villages of Great Neck on Cablevision Channel 75 and on Verizon Channel 32.

For further information, please visit the GNPS/TV homepage or contact Robert Zahn, director of educational television and broadcast media, by e-mail at rzahn@greatneck.k12.ny.us, or by phone at (516) 441-4676.

GNPS Community Education

The Great Neck Public Schools Community Ed Fall/Winter 2018-2019 catalog is now available. The catalog has been mailed to residents, and it is also available to view on our website.

Registration and Information -Community Ed classes meet at the Cumberland Adult Center, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck (one block south of Northern Blvd., off Lakeville Rd.). Complete course offerings can be found by clicking the link above. To register, call us at (516) 441-4949, or e-mail us at gncontinuinged@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

Registration Information

Ninth Grade Residency Re-Verification

The annual process of residency re-verification for all students entering ninth-grade in September 2019 is now underway. This is done to collect documentation and assemble student records for high school, and to verify that all students are residents of the district and thus entitled to attend. Additional information may be obtained from your child's middle school (441-4500 for North Middle, or 441-4600 for South Middle) or visiting our Ninth Grade Residency Re-Verification page.

The Great Neck Public Schools Office of Registration reminds all resident parents and guardians that enrollment for kindergarten for the 2019–2020 school year will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 22, and run schooldays through Friday, Feb 1, from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Registration will be held at the Office of Registration, Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Road. It is not necessary to bring your child.

All children who will attend public or private school kindergarten in Sept. 2019 must be registered. In order to be eligible to enroll, children must have been born between Dec. 2, 2013, and Dec. 1, 2014.

If a kindergarten registration packet has not been received in the mail, it may be picked up at the Office of Registration, or the registration forms can be downloaded from the Registration Forms page.

Please bring the following information to registration: (1) Proof of district residency (deed, current tax bill, or closing statement if ownership; current signed lease or current rent receipts, if rental). (2) Three pieces of current, official mail. (3) Child’s original birth certificate. (4) Parent or guardian valid photo ID. (5) Parental control papers (if applicable). (6) Immunization certificate signed and stamped by a physician or other authorized health agency.

For more information about kindergarten registration, contact the Registration Office at (516) 441-4080, or e-mail residency@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

A total of 17 varsity teams from the Great Neck Public Schools earned recognition as Scholar Athlete Teams this past fall season, representing 215 student athletes from North High School and South High School.

South High School seniors Andersen Gu and Noah Sheidlower have been named Semifinalists in the 2019 Coca-Cola Scholars Program, one of the largest corporate-sponsored, achievement-based scholarship programs in the nation.

Savannah (Puca) Ahern, special education teacher at North Middle, and Rosemary Sloggatt, art teacher at Saddle Rock, are among 98 accomplished teachers from New York who achieved National Board Certification this year.

Fifteen Great Neck Public School students were selected for the 2018–19 Long Island String Festival Association (LISFA) Orchestras, Intermediate Division (grades 5, 6, and 7–8). This musical experience brings together Long Island’s highly talented, young string musicians.

Looking Ahead

North High School will present "The 39 Steps" on on Thursday, Feb. 7 and Friday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 8:00 p.m. All performances will take place in the North High School auditorium.

New York State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso and Assemblyman Edward Ra visited North Middle School to thank representatives of the student council for organizing a collection of new toys for patients at NYU Winthrop Hospital.

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